So, I'm about to disappear into the vortex of the Toronto International Film Festival, which will eat waking moment of my time for the next two weeks or so, but before I disappear, here's a bit of news too good to not mention.
That there are a host of Chuck Palahniuk novels wending their way through development to become feature films is not exactly news. At one point - I believe shortly before Rant was published - it was widely reported that every single book the Fight Club author had written had been optioned by someone, somewhere, and the only real question was which would come first. Two answers.
One, Francis Lawrence is currently working on Survivor. Also not exactly news, but a fact that makes me happy. It's one of my favorites and I think Lawrence will do well with it.
Two, a mystery Swede has got the green light for Lullaby. He's not exactly a mystery, in that Palahniuk was quite happy to share the news with JoBlo, it's just that they don't know how to spell his name. Again, this makes me happy. Lullaby should make the transition to the screen rther easily, it's a cracking read, and I think that the Nordic film sensibility should mesh exceptionally well with Palahniuk's very dry, very morbid sense of humor. Bring it ...
I liked this book quite a bit. I must confess that I don't remember much now (it was three years ago I read it) though.
I like Chuck's novels, and LULLABY is my favorite. I think it could be a great film.
I always thought the ending of Lullaby was very cinematic. I'll be surprised if they actually go as far as the book does. Lets see if i remember correctly.... A realestate agent you sales haunted houses, has a crazy hippie assistant with a hippie boyfriend meets a man and travels the country in search of something. Does that sound about right? In the end the characters are more then they seem and there's a very nasty ending involving something frozen. I've read all his novels, so the characters seem to blend together.